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Ms. Short from Fort Wayne, IN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help With STEM Teaching Materials for an Urban High School!

Help me give my students dry erase boards to show their own thinking during our upcoming ecology unit, a worm bin to study nutrient cycling, and a skeleton for studying anatomy!

  • $961 goal

This project expired on April 15, 2024.

This project expired on April 15, 2024.

My Project

I teach biology to about 110 students in 9th and 10th grades, at a high-need urban school where funding is limited. As a new teacher in this school, I'm trying to create a space in my classroom where science comes to life and where students feel welcomed and engaged.

I'm just getting started outfitting my classroom with things we need.

From the beginning, I've wished for a skeleton for demonstrating things on the human body, and whiteboards for each student so that they can show each other and me what they're thinking when we do examples in class.

As we start out unit on ecology, climate, and nutrient cycling, I now more than ever need whiteboards for each student, and a classroom worm bin that we can use for exploring how decomposition works as a class.

Ms. Short Wayne High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

Never Before Funded 110 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
3B Human Skeleton Rod-Supported • Carolina Biological Supply Company $495.00 1 $495.00
Dry Erase Board 12/pk 9.5 X 12 • Teachers' School Supply $46.38 3 $139.14
VermiHut Plus 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin – Easy Setup and Sustainable Design • Amazon Business $104.95 1 $104.95
SUNEE 6 Packs Oversized Reusable Dry Erase Pocket Sleeves with Binder Ring, 6 Assorted Colors 10x14 Ticket Holders, Clear Plastic Sheet Protectors, Teacher School Classroom Supplies • Amazon Business $6.92 3 $20.76

Materials cost

$759.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.31

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$816.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.10

Total project goal

$960.66

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